We were really pleased that Fawn and our new little cat, Inkie had become such firm friends and I’m absolutely thrilled to say that Fawn was doubly excited to meet Cubbie.
Inkie was still a kitten when she joined our family from the RSPCA, but Cubbie was fully grown and he is a big cat. When we first met Cubbie at the homing centre, we knew he was a big softy, but that didn’t mean Fawn would like him. Despite having to deal with Inkie’s crazy games and having to put her in her place Fawn was thrilled to meet Cubbie. I can’t really say the feeling is mutual though, as Cubbie doesn’t seem to know what to make of Fawn and kind of stares at him blankly. This doesn’t stop Fawn who follows his new friend around everywhere. This is helped by the fact Cubbie is really shy and timid and only comes downstairs when we feed him. So Fawn and Cubbie get to spend a lot of time together.
It’s really great to see Fawn with his new friends. We do worry about him being on his own – as our grumpy bunny Fern won’t be Fawn’s friend. But now things have worked out really well and we will often see Cubbie run across the landing, followed by Inkie and then Fawn, kicking his little feet up with excitement.
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Our little kitten, Inkie, joined our family a few weeks ago. Although Fawn was friends with both our previous cats, Treacle and Custard, Derek and I were a bit worried that a boisterous kitten might be a bit much for him. We needn’t have worried.
Fawn thinks Inkie is wonderful, we’ve never seen him so happy and bouncy. She harasses him while he eats, chases him and even tries to wallop him when he passes, and Fawn loves it! He really does. And if he doesn’t appreciate Inkie’s attentions, he turns on her and chases her off – it’s pretty wonderful to see.
Bunnies look like such sweet little animals, but they know what they like and they are not afraid to stand up for themselves, that’s what makes them so special.
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Fawn exploring the garden
Fern and Fawn may carry on like they hate each other, well its actually Fern who terrorises Fawn, but the end result is the same, they don’t get on.
Not to be deterred, Derek and I are persevering and trying to get the two used to each other. Summer is here and we are taking full advantage of it. The biggest problem we have with our two bunnies is Fern likes to be outside during the day, and gets very cross if we bring her in before bedtime – and then when we do bring her in at night only wants to go to bed. So actually getting the two bunnies together has been a problem.
Fern and Fawn
With the warm weather we have been able to take Fawn outside. We bought him a metal bunny run, that is made up of metal sections that clip together to make an pentagon. This keeps him safe from Fern, but they can sniff each other. Fern does try to bite Fawn though the bars, but she can’t really get to him. When Fern has had enough she goes back in her run, of her own accord, and we’ll shut her in and let Fawn out to play. This works out really well. Unfortunately we got over confident and let the two bunnies out at the same time and Fern went nuts, as usual, leaving Fawn upset.
The summer is nearly over now and we are no closer to getting the bunnies together. I don’t think it will be fair on Fawn to drag him outside in the cold weather, as he is very much a soft, cuddly, house bunny, boy.
I guess all we can do is wait until next year and try again. Who knows maybe Fern will have mellowed a bit more by then, we can only hope.
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Fern the explorer
Our little bunny is obviously not going to stop amazing us or finding new ways to get into mischief. At the end of our garden we have a picnic table, which is meant to be a nice place for Derek and me to sit and enjoy our garden. Thanks to Fern it ended up being a place to put potted plants to keep them out of her way and stop her eating them. While Fern had climbed on the picnic table a couple of times when she was younger, she never looked very happy, and we had thought the plants were safe there.
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Look for Fern's mud prints
Fern’s busyness has been brought to an abrupt halt by the rain. It poured it down last night and has filled the tunnel Fern was digging with water. By the time she came out to play the water had drained away, but it was still pretty muddy down there. Fern took one look and was not impressed. I guess mud doesn’t make for good digging conditions.
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Fern hard a work
Our full of life little bunny is digging one serious tunnel. She is not digging near the edge of the garden, or about to dig under any plants, so we can’t see any reason to stop her fun. Although we will probably have to stop her when we can no longer see, or reach, the end. We have already filled in the tunnel a couple of times, to slow her down, but it’s no effort for Fern to empty it all out again.
The weather is really hot at the moment so Fern has to keep stopping for a lie down in the shade and we can see her panting from the exertion of her work. After a quick rest she is straight back to work.
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Fawn has grown into a happy and confident little bunny, we had him neutered a few weeks ago and he has been vaccinated, so all that was left was to introduce him to our other bunny, Fern. Well, it seemed that simple when we planned it.
Unfortunately Fern and Fawn are not very impressed with each other. There is no real fighting between the pair, but Fawn stomps his feet when Fern goes near him and then runs away, which ends with Fern chasing him and Fawn somehow managing to climb up on my shoulder. It is not fun.
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Fern's handiwork
About a week ago Fern had a little go at digging while she was tucked up in her run, it was nothing serious, but we thought we should make sure she didn’t do it again.
It was a nice sunny morning so we headed out to buy some wire to line the bottom of Fern’s run. When we got back we were already to late, Fern had dug a tunnel in her run!
To top if off It’s the biggest tunnel she has dug so far. If she had put her mind to it I don’t think it would have taken much effort for her to have got out of her run. Fortunately, when we got home she was sitting waiting for us, looking very proud of herself – if a little tired.
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Fern in action
We have always known Fern is full of life, mischief and adventure, and we love her for it. She is great fun tearing around the garden getting into all sorts of trouble, climbing on everything she can find – including us. Now spring is here Fern has been gripped by a new bunny obsession – digging.
It started with the odd scrabble here and there, nothing serious. The ground was quite wet so digging wasn’t much fun, but now the weather has brightened she’s gone berserk!
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